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| 2000 Cadillac DeVille 4.6L Odometer VIN: 1G6KD54Y9Y This Cadillac began displaying the word "ERROR" in place of the Odometer digits. Makes no difference if miles or kilometers are selected. Speedometer works perfectly. Also the battery light is on and the DIC displays High Battery Voltage. Battery is fully char... |
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| 1996 Chevrolet K2500 5.7L No Start, Misfire VIN: 1GCFC24RXT Hi Guys, This is a common problem I run into but don't know what the real problem is. Chevy Vortec with the "spider injection" system. Truck suddenly does not start. Cranks but no fire. Sometimes during cranking it feels/sounds like it binds or kicks back, bac... |
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| 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier 2.2L Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3G1JF12T9W First of all it's a 2.4 T not a 2.2. For some reason it comes up a 2.2 on iatn. I am a G.M. tech of 22 years (or at least i thought i was) and i've never had anything like this. It seems like timing is off or something is interfering with crank signal. when yo... Trouble codes: P0335 (Ckp sensor a circuit problem), P0341 (Cmp sensor circuit out of range) |
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| 1999 Chevrolet Blazer 4.3L Misfire VIN: 1GNDT13W4X this blazer is ackting crazey.on the scanner showing 5,3 whith the most missfires but 1,4 has a few.if u increase the throttle missfires go to 0 exept 5.shows bank one lean an bank 2 reach.there is a hundred degrees diffrent between them.customer brought it in... Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GCHK23122 Greetings all. I have a Duramax that is being particularly honery. It will intermittantly set a MAF code P0101. Freeze frame data is as follows... Engine RPM 681, Coolant Temp 147 degrees F, Vehicle speed 1 mph, Intake Air Temp 106 degrees f, MAP 25.40 iHg, MA... Trouble codes: P0101 (MAF Range performance) |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS 4.2L Charging VIN: 1GNDT13S94 Thanks in advance for any help. Vehicle came in with battery light on and not charging, customer already replaced battery the day before for the battery warning light. Vehicle also had a P0621 generator L terminal circuit code in it. There is no power from the... |
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| 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT 6.6L Voltmeter VIN: 1GCHK232X6 I need some help with an odd intermittent starting and/or charging system problem. Customer complaint is that at times he has to jumpstart it, once running the voltmeter fluctuates between about 9 volts and 14 volts for a couple of minutes. Problem occurs inte... |
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| 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe LT 5.3L battery VIN: 1GNEK13T26 after many hour of testing for parasitic drain found nothing obvious. While looking at different modules looked in drivers door and passenger door modules and found folding mirror at idle but showing a fluctuation in amp draw. should be 0ma at idle but fluctua... |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Optra LS 2.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: KL1JD85Z67 Vehicle exhibits a misfire when cold. After aprox 2min of running missfire becomes intermittent and disappears when warmed up. tested for headgasket - no hydrocarbons found in cooling system and coolant was NOT low. Tested injetcor flow -okay- tested fuel pres... Trouble codes: P0302 |
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| 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP 3.8L HVAC controller VIN: 1G2WP1216W We replaced the control head on the hvac and it was showing a metric readout I thought the replacement control head was from a Canada model but that is not the case. I have checked Alldata, Iatn and the owner’s manual there is no information about changing it ... |
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| 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport Montana 3.4L Surge, Cuts out VIN: 1GMDX03E9W This Pontiac Trans Sport Montana starts & idle fine. When driving it wants to violently surge or cutout under acelleration especially at shift points. Fuel pressure maintains ok. I noticed the 24x crank signal sticks at 1650 RPM, but I dont think this is used ... Trouble codes: P0705 |
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| 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP 3.8L Engine temperature VIN: 1G2WP1216W This one is driving me nuts. It came in with erratic engine temp reading fluctuating from 3/4 to 1/4 on the gauge fairly quickly and there was minimal heat from the ducts. I checked and the upper hose was hot but the return hose from the heater core was luke w... |
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| 2003 Saturn Vue 2.2L Pulls Left VIN: 5GZCZ43D03 AWD SATURN VUE New Trans at 110000 4 news tires at 120000 4 alignments trying to fix this drift/pull, all alignments were dead on afterwards but we kept checking them anyway. All front end is tight. 4 new tires again at 120100 Still pulls No data with Snap-on ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for GM
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| 1998 Buick LeSabre Custom 3.8L Tcc VIN: 1G4HP52K9W Thanks to all. The simple answer it was the third pressure control solenoid that fixed the problem. Getting to that point wasn't simple. All implications in affect. |
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| 1998 Buick Century Custom 3.1L Stall VIN: 2G4WS52M5W thanks for the info, no resistor on this car. did find a poor butt connector repair on tank harness. replaced relay just in case , so far so good. thanks Trouble codes: P0230. |
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| 2005 Buick Terraza CXL 3.5L Passg. temp.blend door VIN: 5GADV33L95 I replaced the temp. doors, uppercase, and right (passg.) temp. actuator. After reassemby, I reattached battery, turned ign. to run, and HVAC did a recalibrate. I also ran the recal. method given here, but nothing changed. I watched the rt. temp. actuator , an... |
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| 2006 Buick Terraza CX 3.9L very little heat VIN: BOAI745028 We back flushed with air and water using a high volume air blower and i have not heard from the customer I hope NO news is good news but will call her to confirm Thanks to all again. This is a great site guys |
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| 1991 Cadillac DeVille 4.9L Misfire, power loss VIN: 1G6CD53B2M This vehicle is fixed! We went back over the grounds yet again as many suggested. No change at all. They were all good. What lead us to the problem was the monitor. We were watching data stream with an OTC Genisys and it would go into record mode for a co... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer LT 4.2L cruise control VIN: 1GNDT13S62 Well found out customer recently had transfer case control module elsewhere, so u code probaly was old info. As for cruise problem. Broken wire at rear fuse panel. So fuse was good but no power into switch. thanks |
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| 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer LT 4.2L Differential VIN: 1GNDT13S05 We removed the oil pan and the differential as one piece. I found out after removal that disconnecting the motor mounts and lifting the motor made for an easier job. |
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| 2003 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SLE 6.6L oil VIN: 1GTHK23103 Thank you for all who responed. I was hoping that there was something else wrong but you`s were right it was the injectors. Thank you very much for all your help. |
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| 2005 GMC Yukon XL 2500 SLE 6.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3GKGK26U05 Thanks for all the information. The problem was in the connection on the temp sensor. Intermittantly it was not making contact sending the temp reading to -40. New connector and all is working fine. Waited 2 weeks to post to make sure it's fixed. Trouble codes: P0116 (ECT sensor performance). |
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| 2006 GMC Envoy SLE 4.2L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GKDS13S46 Removed cylinder head and found had faulty intake valve. Sent to machine shop and had head reconditioned. This job can prove to be somewhat challenging as I had none of the special tools to hold the camshafts or the chain in place so I ended up removing the fr... Trouble codes: P3000. |
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| 1998 Pontiac Grand Am SE 3.1L parking brake VIN: 1G1NE52MXW The fix was replace the hand brake lever assembly. When I pull up I get about 4 clicks before I was lucky to get one click. There is a TSB from, GM for some 1997 cars that addresses this issue. Thank you for the replies. |
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| 1999 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2.4L charging VIN: 1G2NE52T8X thanks for all the replies . the answer to the question is , approx three seconds of ground , for the light operation ,then 5 volts . the alternator is now charging . |
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| 2001 Pontiac Montana 3.4L Defrost VIN: 1GMDX03E62 Well we fixed it, not happy about it but its fixed. It seems that when you buy a heater core for these vehicles you'd better buy a factory one. When the vehicle first came in we diagnosed a plugged heater core, we got a new core from Auto Value (Proliance / Re... |
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